Italian born. Bilingual Italian-Australian, married and father of three children. Honors Graduate in Psychology. I like to travel. I enjoy visits to art galleries and museums.

I'm sociable but I also like time on my own. I'm fascinated by all things that lead to ( or come from ) change; either from inevitable changes in life or from personal decisions.

My passion is ...

family life.

I know too much about ...

my football team.

My parents always told me ...

I was a naughty/cheeky child.

My childhood ambition ...

was to help people

My favorite memory ...

listening to my great uncle tell fishing stories.

Why I write ...

because I like to tell stories.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading Jared Diamond's "Guns. Grems and Steel/watching the history channel/listening to rhythm n' blues.

My first job ...

was as a ward assistant in a psychiatric hospital.

My best moment ...

is yet to come (I hope) though I've enjoyed my life so far.

My inspiration ...

is my family - the young and the old.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: A link to the past

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Caged Lions The screech of the car's brakes was loud. The sound of the impact was horrifying and with the last thud and gasp there were no lingering doubts that someone was seriously hurt. A steady drizzle continued to fall. Swarming curiously onto the road, one by one people formed a faceless crowd, to observe the final breath of the unknown man hurled to one side, onto the cobblestone footpath. No one took responsibility for the pain he suffered nor did anyone shed a tear for one so bedraggled; a scruffy ending to an obviously failed existence. Sirens blared as an ambulance and a police ...

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